Girl

Girl

A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood when she becomes a woman. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.

Read more about Girl.

Famous quotes containing the word girl:

    “I see a girl dragged by the wrists
    Across a dazzling field of snow,
    And there is nothing in me that resists.
    Once it would not be so....”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “It’s my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    ““My faith and troth I give back to thee,
    So may thy soul have rest.””
    —Unknown. The Brown Girl (l. 51–52)